Lauren's POV
'Itachi…'
My raven haired bother stood in front of me, leading us down the dark corridors. We walked in silence. I felt it was most suitable for the situation and besides, Itachi wouldn't have talked to me anyway. It was a comfortable silence though, and for some reason I began to feel that instead of trying to scare me into a mental breakdown…he was trying to comfort me…
"We're here."
His toneless voice broke me out of my inner thoughts and I surveyed the area. Once again we were standing on the training field. Its open plains remained unchanged.
I focused back on the other person with me. His black hair was a tad longer than I had remembered, and the lines on his face seemed to always be creased with seriousness or any type of other calm or cold emotion. Onyx eyes calmly watched as I surveyed over his aged form, unbothered by the gesture. His slashed Konoha hitai-ate was still there upon his forehead symbolizing his status as a nuke-nin, and his arm lazily hung from the folds of the black and red clouded cloak- the cloak that also symbolized his status as an S-rank criminal.
Before I knew it a pained look appeared on my face as I looked up to Itachi.
Why had he killed the clan? I mentally slapped myself already knowing the answer to that question. The Uchiha's had planned on trying to take over the village, it had to be done it, there was no other way. But then…what role did I play in all of this? Did even play a role in this? What is this? And why the hell am I even here? Silently I wondered all those questions, hoping the second Uchiha in front of me would be able to answer them.
For a split second his gaze flashed red against mine and I blinked. The whole room had changed and I was nothing but a ghost.
'Huh,'I wondered and started to watch the scene happening in front of me. 'So this is a genjutsu?'
Normal POV (inside Genjutsu)
"Tachi!" A little black haired boy shouted while struggling to get onto his feet.
"What is it Sasuke? Has something happened?" The seven year old version of Itachi questioned, picking his nearly one year old brother up into his arms.
Itachi was late, he had recently graduated from the academy and had been discussing plans with the Hokage on not joining a chunnin team, but having missions and training to become an ANBU on his own.
"Kaa-chan!" was the all Sasuke said, seeing that one year olds didn't have a large vocabulary.
Itachi's eye's narrowed slightly and he continued into the house. He walked into the living area and strolled over to the couch were another black haired Uchiha slept peacefully. Itachi sighed and adjusted Sasuke in his arms before putting a foot under the sofa and flipping it with ease.
"Ow!" the other child moaned, pulling himself from the ground.
"Shisui," Itachi stated, eyeing his friend angrily. "You were supposed to be watching Sasuke, weren't you?"
The black haired boy smiled nervously and got up.
"Yeah, your mom called me last minute saying that she had to go somewhere and needed me to watch Sasuke," he explained and Itachi nodded, finding the answer acceptable.
"Where did my mother go?"
Shisui shook his head. "I don't know, on the phone she sounded slightly pained-"
"Pained?" Itachi questioned. Pain was a word that no one liked to hear.
"Yeah man," Shisui continued. "She sound kinda labored."
And then it hit them both. Itachi shoved Sasuke into Shisui's arms and ran towards the door.
"What do you want me to do with Sasuke?" Shisui called after him.
"Take him over to his grandparents, they'll understand!" He called back and disappeared into the trees, racing towards the Leaf Village hospital.
…
"Where's my mother?" Itachi demanded accidentally startling the nurse.
"Just down the hall Uchiha-san," she answered quickly. "Room 164."
Itachi didn't bother to thank the lady and pushed past her intent on getting to his mothers room. As he rounded the corner he was surprised to find that his father was just exiting the door.
"Father," Itachi acknowledged.
"Itachi," Fugaku nodded and then turned away, a smile barely visible on his lips. "Why don't you go in and meet your new sister…"
Itachi's eyes widened slightly and he nodded mindlessly. Fugaku chuckled at his son's dumbfounded reaction as he walked past leaving Itachi alone on the hallway.
Once his father's presence could no longer be felt Itachi slid open the white door and walked inside to the sound of a baby crying.
"Itachi," Mikoto said quietly, beckoning him to come. Slowly Itachi walked to his mother's side. In her lap she held an infant girl wrapped in a bundle of white blankets. Small brown curls sprawled across her pale face and Itachi didn't know what to think, this child was just so different.
"Hold her," urged Mikoto, holding the bundle out slightly. Itachi carefully held out his hands and watched as the small girl was placed into them.
"What is her name?"
His mother smiled tiredly up at him. "Niji…Uchiha Niji."
Just then the little girl opened her eyes and Itachi could see that his mother had chosen a perfect name. Unlike every other member of the clan this one child was different. She had brown hair and rainbow color eyes, nowhere near the color of his onyx ones. This girl was different, she would be something special and he knew, so despite the emotionless persona he held he found himself smiling down at the infant.
"…Imouto."
His sister.
Lauren's POV
The image faded and slowly the real world came back into view. Despite the fact that Madara was after me, the only thing I could feel was happiness. Itachi loved me. And I loved him regardless.
I looked up only to find that he was no longer there across the field but standing right in front of me.
"Imouto," he said quietly and suddenly I couldn't hold it in anymore. I ran and buried my face into his cloak, spilling all of my sudden happiness and other emotions out.
Unlike pushing me away as I had expected he returned the embrace fully, a smile actually gracing his lips.
"If you knew all along then how come you didn't tell me?" He questioned calmly, one of his hands gently running itself through my hair.
"I didn't know if you'd believe me or not," I admitted sheepishly. He chuckled and took a step back, smiling for another second.
"Do your friend's know?"
I nodded. "Yeah, they know and they've got some secrets of their own," I explained.
He shook his head thoughtfully, the smile never leaving. "So they must be Bara and Mina."
I raised an eyebrow. "You knew about the three of us?"
Itachi nodded yet again and we both unconsciously started walking towards the door. "As you aged the Haruno and Uzumaki girls became your best friends. During that time Orochimaru started to take a liking in Uchiha's and had begun to keep an eye on you, seeing that you were so different. He had also targeted you because you were friends with an Uzumaki and Haruno which were also two of the strongest families of the leaf. Sensing the growing threat for the tree of you the Sandaime ordered that a forbidden jutsu be used to send all of you to a safer place, as hard as it was for all of us we agreed to let the ceremony take place."
I stared up at my brother in understanding and amazement.
"What?" he questioned catching my expression.
"That was the longest sentence you've ever said," I said in shock.
He just smirked and continued out of the room and I laughed once before following him.
Maybe things would start to get better…
Holy shit I forgot to update yesterday…
Gomen! Hontou gomen nasai!
So, therefore, I'll update again later in the day. ;D
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